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from but it is not accurate at all. The main Honda plant in Ohio is not out in the boonies as you put it. The city of Marysville has approx 17,500 residents, is only 25 miles from the state capital and is growing like a weed. Lets address the medical first, they have a pretty damn good health insurance plan that covers medical, dental, and vision. The medical plan itself is pretty good, you have a $3,000.00 per year fund to draw from for medical costs, of course preventative health care does not come out of there, ie: yearly physicals, mammograms, prostrate screenings, etc... basically anything that is preventative care does not come out of that fund. While your using that fund you have zero deductible for anything. Once you use up that fund the next 650 is out of pocket, then once that is reached the company picks up a 90/10 split up to a total out of pocket for 2750.00 per year. Once you hit that it goes back to 100% company paid. Dental is about average for plans same as with the vision.
Now lets address the pay, Line workers get 25 an hour, free uniforms, monthly attendance bonus, yearly attendance bonus, yearly profit sharing which has been in the 4k a year range for a while. Now for retirement you get a 401k, stock purchase plan, plus a monthly retirement check, also, once you start getting SS, they pay a supplemental amount until your eligible for the full amount. All I will say about my wife's income is it was over 50k by at least half again, and she is just a first level supervisor or "team leader".
Do you know how long Honda has had plants in Ohio? The bike plant started production in 1979, and has built successive plants since then including the main Car plant in Marysville, then there is the Anna Engine Plant, West Liberty Auto Plant, Indian Lake transmission plant, and Honda R&D.
The reason Honda has done so well is they make a quality product that retains its resale value and will run forever with proper maintenance. 300K+ vehicles are not unusual but more likely the norm when people do simple things like oil changes and other scheduled maintenance. My wife drove a 93 accord with 325K on it until last march when a deer ran out in front of her and she ended up totaling her car. Otherwise she would be driving it today more than likely because she never had anything major go wrong with it.
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